Japan’s JSR Corp to stop EPDM production for two weeks in March

27 February 2013 02:09[Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Japan’s JSR Corp will stop production at its 36,000 tonne/year ethylenepropylene diene monomer (EPDM) plant in Kashima in the second half of March to clear stocks ahead of its new fiscal year, a company source said on Wednesday.

“We will stop production for two weeks in second-half March to clear our stocks before the new fiscal year starts in April,” the source said.

The Japanese chemical producer will then shut the EPDM plant in late May until the end of June for its annual maintenance, as originally planned, the source said.